It was a good weekend. Friday, I had an excellent discussion with my surgeon. My blood work and scans indicate I’m doing well with no signs of any more bad cells, and we’ll rescan again in six months. I’m very happy and grateful for that.  I wish all of us with evil rogue cells had the same outcome. I can’t even describe how much I wish that.

Saturday we made it to Turbo’s baseball game! He got two hits, and made a good play at third that ultimately didn’t get the other player out but it was a good attempt. It’s fun seeing the separate skills he’s been working on starting to come together in complex plays! Turbo’s dad was the umpire and had the nerve to call my grandson out. I complained to the umpire who promptly laughed in my face Truthfully he made the right call, and I was of course just teasing him.

And Maggie wants you all to know that she went to Turbo’s game too. She was a very good girl, and mostly just laid on the grass between our chairs. After the game, Turbo walked Maggie back to our car and was amazed at Maggie’s “bed” in the back. I explained the back seats fold down and we put a quilt over them, but he had never seen it done that way before. It just blew his mind, LOL! It was also really cute the way Maggie will just walk away from me with Turbo, where if anyone else takes her, I usually have to tell her to go. Turbo wants her to be their team dog, which is pretty cute.

I also wanted to just point out that Oldest, aka CPA boy, is deep in tax season and barely has time to breathe or eat, but he makes time to be at, and help out at, his son’s baseball game. I love that! I also that love that his wife makes that possibly by handling everything else in there lives, so they definitely work together as a team. It hasn’t always been easy for them to find a way to make it all work, but they kept adapting and adjusting to find a way, and I’m proud of them for it.

Sunday Wizard and I went out to breakfast and did normal stuff. Rain is forecasted for three or four days this week, and I’m sure it’ll rain on Thursday when we are going to Baby Girl’s but that’s okay — she’s worth the hassle, and so is my daughter in law. She deserves a break to take care of herself.

How was your weekend?

TGIF! For me, I’m glad to get to the end of this week All right, let’s share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. I made breadsticks this week and this time I was happy with them. That’s a win. They were pretty easy if a little time consuming. And they went well with two of our meals — stew and spaghetti.
2. Tuesday we finally saw a specialist for Wizard. It was really touch and go if I’d be well enough to go, but I made it! And I really needed to be there (Wizard agreed with me on that). This doctor’s office was pretty far to travel, but turned out to be a good decision. We both really liked her, and she has a good plan to determine exactly what’s going on. Then fun related story — we were driving home and Wizard accidently took a ramp on the wrong freeway that ended up being a toll road we were stuck on for miles. This is funny because Wizard is basically a traveling Google map in his head, and he doesn’t make these mistakes. This was more of a distracted mistake, but it still counts! Fortunately there was no traffic and it just cost us a few dollars and a bit of extra time.
3. Wednesday — it started pouring rain. Good. What wasn’t good is that I had a 4pm ultrasound of my neck at UCI. Wizard wouldn’t let me tackle that drive myself, so he went with me. The ultrasound was late and traffic was horribly snarled when we were done. We went to dinner out there, then made the drive home that took two very long hours. It was a battle but it’s done, and the report on my ultrasound is good so it was worth the pain of it.
4. Thursday I took Maggie for her vet tech visit. She was a very good girl and made me proud. When the tech told me that, I confessed that Maggie is just an easy dog and I’m lucky. And then I did a marathon of laundry and bathrooms, and set a up a plan with my daughter in law to baby sit my grand daughter next Thursday. I love that she asks me (and of course, Wizard. He’ll go if he doesn’t have other things he has to do). I truly don’t take for granted that our daughters in law trust their kids with us, and know we’ll do our best to do things their way. And later today (still Thursday as I’m writing this), I’m going to start making sourdough bread because this weeks is a lot of catching up after being sick. I’ll bake the bread tomorrow.
5. Today I have a phone visit with my surgeon and expect that to go very well since the ultrasound results were good. Then our week of appointments is done. Saturday we’re going to Turbo’s baseball game unless something unexpected happens. I might even take Maggie, we’ll see. She would love it, but it depends if we’re going to make any other stops while we’re out.

That’s my week, and it’s nice to be 90% over the stupid cold. Now I’d love to hear your five! I hope everyone has a happy and healthy weekend!

I’m definitely feeling better! Yay. But it’s a busy week…more on that Friday.

So while I was in prison, um, I mean willingly resting as Wizard suggested after he decided that cleaning the floors somehow made me sicker…because that’s a thing, right? Anyhow, I needed a book. And I found one, LOVE MOM by Ilana Xander. It’s a psychological thriller and very easy reading (perfect for being on cold meds!) and I’m enjoying it. But I realized something — the heroine’s mom she was a bestselling author who either died in an accident or was murdered.

I’ll confess, the author part got my attention and helped me hit that buy now button. I guess we like what we know. Or probably more accurately, I wanted to see how something I know pretty well is portrayed and how accurate I think it is? I’m not sure, but I am liking the book so far.

So what are you reading?

I hope everyone else is staying healthy!

Well we had plans, then I ruined them by getting sick. Or sicker. Or something Either my cold turned worse, or I picked up a second virus at jury duty where we were packed into a room like sardines. Anyway, we skipped Turbo’s baseball game, which was a bummer. Then we had planned to have Middle, his wife and Baby Girl out Sunday, and cancelled that. Instead, Wizard went out there, which I was happy about since he hasn’t seen them in a while.

On the upside, I bought a book that I really enjoying to help pass the time!

How was your weekend?

TGIF!! Time to share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. It’s been weirdly hot here this week, but it’s supposed to drop in temp over the weekend and possible rain on Sunday.
2. I went for Jury Duty on Wednesday. It was the third day of my cold, but I powered through to get it done. It was packed with 290 jurors called in for at least two very big cases. I was called up for a murder trial that was going to be at least a month long. I was excused because Wizard has some limitations and I have followup screenings this month to make sure I’m still doing fine after last year’s skirmish with cancer (yeah, yeah, I said the word, LOL). But anyhow…that and Wizard’s issues excused me from being a juror on the trial. I bet it would have been 70% tedious and 30% very interesting. And now my jury duty is done for at least a year.
3. It’s been a crazy flurry of medical stuff this week. So as I mentioned, I have a follow up with my surgeon at the beginning of the month and one with my endocrinologist at the end month. In prep, I did a blood test last week. The two doctors must have woke up yesterday and said, “We must think about Jen and do stuff!” And in about 24 hours time, I have an ultrasound scheduled for this Wednesday afternoon, my thyroid hormone has been lowered again and I have new sodium pills to deal with my chronically low sodium levels. Even my pharmacy filled those new scripts in record time. I mean it was stunning how fast everything got done and seemingly organized. In all seriousness, this is what good healthcare looks like. I really don’t like thinking about have had cancer,  but it’s reassuring to feel like my medical team is closely monitoring for anything signs of trouble.
4. While my cold is mild, the fatigue, fuzzy head and nagging Wizard had me “resting.” I nearly lost my mind from boredom! I couldn’t concentrate on reading, didn’t want to watch anything…I didn’t want to be around me Yesterday, I ignored the cold symptoms and did stuff. Later in the afternoon I rested a bit, but it was a much better day and I was no longer irritated by my own breathing.
5. We are planning to to to Turbo’s baseball game tomorrow and looking forward to it. Otherwise, we’ll see what the weekend brings.

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I’m listening to an utterly stupid book, a dystopian sci fi, and frankly it’s the perfect distraction for me right now. Sci Fi has never been my go-to reading, so that’s been an interesting twist. I do like dystopian though. Ah well, we like what we like, when we like it

I also started reading a hardback, Running With Purpose by Jim Weber (CEO of Brooks shoes) because Wizard read the book and liked it. So I’m reading it. Also, I like Brooks shoes.

In other news, my cold is a mild and annoying cold. Nothing like what Wizard has had. Fortunately, I didn’t have to go in for jury duty Monday and Tuesday, and that’s been helpful to give me a couple days to improve. If I get called in now, I can likely get through the day with meds and patience. Plus I’m probably not as contagious by now. Since they make it hard to contact anyone to tell them I’m sick, I’m not stressing about being contagious because this virus is currently running amok in our area.

And now back to reading…what’s on your reading list this week?

And just like that, it’s Monday again!

So Friday was amazing for me. Wizard stayed home, and I had a nice day with my granddaughter, her mom and the pups. We just hung out, played and talked, and finally Baby Girl fell asleep in my arms from all that fun. She was such a sweetie, the first thing I do when I walk in is say hi and gibe love to the dogs. I started doing that when the baby was born just to give them extra attention. Now they demand it, LOL. And I don’t mind. But I looked up from the dogs and there was baby girl in her mom’s arms smiling at me. My heart just melted. It was the day out of the house I needed. One fun thing, she loves Jett, one of their two dogs. She likes Hazel too, but Jett is the one she focuses on and babbles to anytime she seems him. It’s the cutest thing the way she’s just connected with him.

And because I have two grandkids — I’m looking forward to going to the first weekend game of Turbo’s baseball winter season next Saturday. His parents got Wizard and I team hats, which I’m strangely excited about I hope Turbo continues to love baseball. He has an amazing swing for his age, and this year he’s really improving on grounders. We’ll see how it goes.

Saturday, I looked at the bag of lemons that Daughter in Law thoughtfully sent home with me and thought — I wonder if I can make lemon cookies with cream cheese filling. And if I make them I don’t want to eat them all, so maybe gluten and dairy free to give some to Youngest? So I tried and I don’t hate them. But word to the wise, I’m not a fan of the dairy free cream cheese I used. But a little extra lemon and powdered sugar turned it more into a sweet and tangy lemon cream…so not bad for a first attempt that literally took two days because I had to freeze the cream cheese concoction overnight, and then make the lemon cookie dough and form it around the frozen balls to bake. I took some to Youngest and he seemed excited.

Sunday I started not feeling great. Either I’m tired as I didn’t sleep Saturday night, fighting off Wizard’s cold or actively getting the cold. We’ll know by today. But the good news is Wizard is getting better.

I finished Onyx Storm. I found the ending a bit long in set up, then rushed and chaotic in the execution. I also pretty sure I’m in the extreme minority on that as this series is beloved! It okay though, we’re all allowed to have opinions. Overall, I enjoyed the book and I’ll probably read the next one.

That was my weekend, how was yours?